Thread: Continuos whine. (Not me, the truck.) Lol!

I was going to use the Castrol ATF Dex 11 - Please shout if there is any reason not to or another fluid might be better
Plan to do it on Anzac Day and hopefully be able to stop my whining

Originally Posted by UK_P38

I was going to use the Castrol ATF Dex 11 - Please shout if there is any reason not to or another fluid might be better
Plan to do it on Anzac Day and hopefully be able to stop my whining

SHOUT both boxes require DexIII as minimum...

So it sounds to me like either the Penrite ATF Dx111 or ATF BMV, they are pretty similar in properties but are both semi synthetic? The BMV is slightly more viscous and breaks down less so I think I will go for this. Will either of these will be fine in the transfer case too? I doubt I will be able to get hold of the Agrifluid before Anzac Day...
Will there be any issues with mixing the old with new?
Thanks as always

My mates hoist is outside so the weather defeated us last Saturday, so it will most likely be next Saturday.

BTW I had to go to a Tractor place to get the Castrol AgriFluid, so ring a couple in your area.

Steve

mine had a tc whine when i bought it so changed to the same 80-90 gear oil that's in my diffs. stopped the whine and no problems with it apart from the added dent to fuel economy.

Well since it was such a beautiful day on Saturday, what a better way to spend it than changing the "precious bodily fluids" of the Rangie.

I can never get enough of the view when you have one of these beasts on a hoist !

So we serviced the transmission, it was a bit easier on my 99 than the earlier models, the oil return tube does not connect to the pan

Changed the filter, loved the way there was a magnet just sitting in the bottom of the pan
Still needed to remove that center bolt from the snubber bar.

Refilled with Penrite BMV and did all the voodoo with moving it through all the gears and continue to fill while idling etc. It only took about 6 litres, so I guess there was still 6 litres in there somewhere !

Put the Castrol Agri AS Trans Plus in the transfer case, seems to have quietened it a little .

Put Penrite Transaxle 75W90 in the diffs since it meets manufacturers specs etc

All in all the beastie seems happy so far

Steve

I'm glad I found this thread!

By the sounds of things it seems this whine is fairly normal, just going off the number of people that report hearing it.

My disco (96 tdi) has a very similar whine and I had been suspecting the T/C as I hadn't changed oil in it since I bought the car (18months). The whine has been there since I bought the vehicle and never really gotten any worse, and only recently did I start thinking that was possibly a problem.

I replaced the oil with Nulon SAE80 API GL-4 smooth shift over the weekend. And I'm pretty sure it didn't make any difference. I'm kinda happy about that because otherwise it would have meant I have been driving the vehicle improperly lubricated for 18 months!

BTW that grade of oil is what is specified in the Haynes manual. In another thread around this topic, someone posted that oil specified at API GL-5 is not suitable as it tends to eat the brass shims in the diff.

A side issue was that, despite the specified volume of 2.8l (haynes again) I was only able to get approx 2l in there before it overflowed. Is it normal to hold 800ml when replacing the oil?

Cheers, Matt

I too had the joyous event of changing the fluids on Wednesday night, they definitely needed doing and the driveline 'feels' smoother. I am still getting the whine/hum starting at 30km/h. I think it is now a case of seeing if it gets any worse, passangers have said I'm being a bit picky but you know how it is when you notice something on your car